Head of International and Wholesale Services

Safaricom is pleased to announce the following vacancy within Corporate Affairs Division.

In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below.

Reporting to the Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, the job holder will facilitate the formulation and implementation of processes, procedures and strategies to enhance growth of international and wholesale services to maximize business value and to meet the corporate revenue objectives.

Responsibilities:

Identify and build strong commercial relationships with regional and international carriers to support Safaricom voice and data offerings;

Effectively manage the revenue realization of all international and national wholesale interconnection traffic;

Effectively manage and grow the voice and data roaming footprint available to Safaricom subscribers;

Proactively plan for integration and growth of Safaricom’s international capacity requirements;

Develop a competitive pricing strategy for on selling of Safaricom’s excess international capacity; and oversee the growth of revenues generated from the sale of international circuits;

Prepare departmental cost forecasts and budgets, monitor usage and drive cost containment initiatives in line with corporate targets and milestones;